The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, was received on Wednesday by the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, who compared his visit to the U.S. Capitol to that of former British Prime Minister Winston Churhill in 1941 at the height of World War II.
«Earlier I was talking to the Speaker (Volodimir Zelenski) telling him that my father was a congressman when Winston Churchill came here in 1941 on the day after Christmas, when he appealed to Congress to help fight tyranny in Europe,» the Speaker brought to the present during a joint press conference with Zelenski.
«My father said at the time, ‘We are doing the noblest work in the world, not only defending hearts and homes, but the cause of freedom in all lands.’ That is exactly what the people of Ukraine are defending, not just their own homes and their own hearts, but freedom and democracy throughout the world,» Pelosi said, under the watchful eye of the Ukrainian president.
In this sense, she remarked that eight decades ago her father had the «official honor» of being a member of the U.S. Congress at that historic moment, something that will be repeated by the current members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
After that, he gave way to Zelenski, but not before describing him as a «brave president», as well as «the brave and united people of Ukraine» for «what they are doing» in defense of democracy.
«What can I say? Different feelings, like different stories, as well as different lives. But anyway, it is very important the Congress of the United States, as it is a great friend of Ukraine, the Ukrainian people, as well as freedom,» the Ukrainian leader responded after the comparison with Churchill.
In this sense, he reiterated his gratitude to the United States for its economic and arms support, which «helps the Ukrainian troops on the front».
The joint intervention of Zelenski and Pelosi took place moments before the Ukrainian president addressed the US Capitol to address its members, as well as US citizens, to continue to support the ongoing war in his country.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
